SONIC CITY SYDNEY
Stories and sounds of Sydney. Sonic City Sydney is a series of audio-stories, each under five minutes in length, produced by Spineless Wonders and Echidna Audio and funded by the City of Sydney.
Taxi!
Cnr Pitt St and Park St, Sydney
Words by Brenda Saunders | Sounds by Owen Palma
With one glance he sees trouble, decides to take no bets, says he’s booked.
A real-life encounter with the daily racism facing my Aboriginal sisters, reduced to a short sharp piece of microfiction.
About the Artists
BRENDA SAUNDERS is a prize-winning Wiradjuri writer and artist. Her third poetry collection, Inland Sea was published in 2021 (Ginninderra Press) and her poetry and reviews appear regularly in anthologies and journals both on-line and in print, including Best Australian Prose Poems, 2020 (Melbourne University Press) and Best Australian Science Writing 2021 (New South Publishing). Brenda’s microfiction has been developed into short films by Microflix Festival and Voices of Women 2021 and several public audio projects for Spineless Wonders.
OWEN PALMA is a Sydney-based guitarist and composer with an innovative and eclectic range. He has managed and played with several bands and his three CD collections have been well received due to his virtuosic skill and comprehensive exploration of modern classical modes and rhythms. His sound designs and compositions for poetry and other spoken word projects are available on YouTube.
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SONIC CITY SYDNEY
Stories and sounds of Sydney. Sonic City Sydney is a series of audio-stories, each under five minutes in length, produced by Spineless Wonders and Echidna Audio and funded by the City of Sydney.
